People are ditching air fryers after realising there’s a much cheaper alternative

We all know the hype - it seems like everyone has got one, or you're annoyed about hearing about your mate's all the time.

Some people show off about the size of theirs, while others talk about the efficiency, but it has become a form of obsession for those that are lucky enough to have one.

That's right - I'm on about air fryers, what else could it have been?

They might just be the most convenient bits of kitchen equipment that you can own, and its rise to fame has very sudden.

You can cook almost anything in an air fryer, and it's viewed as one of the healthier methods of cooking your meals of choice, while also being one of the cheaper ways of preparing food - though Martin Lewis has contested this.

Your annoying co-worker might be getting on your last nerve about how they made a delicious dinner the night before, how easy it was, and how you should do it too - but they may have a point.

Before you start scrawling it down on your Christmas list though, you should note that people are catching on to a new alternative that is a lot cheaper.

Air fryers might be on their way out. (Getty Stock Photo)

So you might want to hit pause on building up that Amazon wish list, because apparently halogen ovens are about to be the next ‘thing’.

Essentially a big glass bowl with a lid, halogen bulbs and a fan, the little ovens are praised for being particularly efficient.

With winter looking to be pricey for a lot of us, you might be thinking of ways to save money around the home, and these appliances could be a good idea.

And Energia revealed to The Irish Mirror which kitchen appliances cost the most on people’s electricity bills.

According to the team of experts, the average energy use (wattage) for an oven 1575, meaning it costs 50p to run per hour.

An air fryer usage is 1500 meaning it costs 43p to run per hour.

Therefore, a quick 30 minutes using the air fryer would cost about 22p.

Perhaps you’re more regularly chucking stuff in the microwave, which has a wattage of 1750 – meaning five minutes of that costs 0.04p.

Halogen ovens might be the smarter and cheaper alternative. (Getty Stock Photo)

You can easily find halogen ovens on Amazon from around £40, with this one from Daewoo having an average rating of 4.4 stars from 7,178 reviews.

Customers say the ‘energy savings alone compared to cooking in the main oven has meant that it has already paid for itself’ after just a few months.

Plenty write that it has brought both the ‘cost and time way down’ for cooking as another says they ‘don’t know how I got by without it’.

While some recommend buying a digital version instead of this manual one and warn it can be quite big in the kitchen, they say it ‘cooks more efficiently (and cheaply)’ than an oven.

Ah, the war of the money-saving kitchen appliances.

Topics: Food And Drink, Health, Money, Technology, Cost of Living, Home

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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